Belarus and China have signed the intergovernmental agreement on
cooperation in peaceful uses of atomic energy. The document was
signed by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus
to China Anatoly Tozik and Deputy Minister of Science and
Technology of China Cao Jianlin in Beijing on December 16, BelTA
learnt in the Chinese Embassy in Belarus.

The possibility to introduce Minsk-Beijing direct flight
was discussed by Minister of Sport and Tourism of Belarus Alexander
Grigorov and representatives of the Chinese travel agency CITIC in
Minsk on December 9, BelTA has learnt.

“If at least 50 Chinese tourists come to Belarus every week, we
can consider opening a direct flight between Beijing and Minsk,”
Alexander Grigorov said.

A joint Belarus-China enterprise on production of mushrooms will be
created in Belarus, told BELTA Tamara Yanchevskaya, the head of
department for mineral nutrition optimization and photosynthesis at
the Institute of Experimental Botany named after V.F. Kuprevich of
the National Academy of Sciences.

Belarus and China are planning to make an experiment of
using national currencies in the interbank payments. It is highly
important for the development of the bilateral trade and economic
cooperation. This intent of the central banks of the two countries
was approved at the tenth session of the Belarusian-Chinese
intergovernmental commission for trade and economic cooperation in
Beijing on December 2. The Belarusian delegation was headed by
Chairman of the State Control Committee Zenon Lomat, the Chinese
delegation by Vice Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of
China Fu Ziying, BelTA learnt from the Embassy of Belarus in China.

Belarus and the People’s Republic of China are planning to
discuss the bilateral trade, economic and investment cooperation
including the process of implementation of large joint investment
projects, setting up of joint ventures and banking cooperation.
These issues will be considered at the 10th session of the
Belarusian-Chinese commission for trade and economic cooperation in
Beijing December 1-5, BelTA learnt from the Foreign Ministry of
Belarus.

The Belarusian scientific institutions and universities signed $1.7
million worth of contracts with Chinese companies and scientific
centers at the Chinese International Industrial Fair (CIIF 2008)
that took place in Shanghai in November, BelTA learnt from Tamara
Serkova, head of the international sci-tech cooperation department
of the State Science and Technology Committee of Belarus.